Traffic Jamming June

The Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) met on June 1st to discuss the 2016 Draft UPWP and 2016-2019 Draft TIP, both plans and CAC meeting information can be found on our homepage.

Alabama DOT held their public meeting and many spirited citizens from our MPO were in attendance to discuss the State Transportation Improvement Plan on Monday, June 8th. MPO staff took a road trip to Guntersville for the big meeting and took note of public comments about projects listed in our local plans.

The Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) and the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) met and approved the 2016 Draft UPWP and 2016-2019 Draft TIP on June 10th. Read all about it here.

The BIG Picture Huntsville posted the Transportation section of their online comprehensive plan on June 16th. The MPO staff packed this section with lots of useful information, check it out!

This week, we round off the month with a visit from internationally renowned Urban Development expert Victor Dover, author of Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns . He jazzed us all up for some multi-modal solutions to the problem of road capacity. Plus, we want to stop letting the data from future congestion software do our designing for us. The MPO staff imagine a future of transportation choice!